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VOL. XXXIII, NO. 314,
TRIES TO
DIE, THEN
REPENTS
Belle Carmen, Snake
Charmer, Takes
Strychnine
Found Unconscious by
Night Clerk, Who
Answers Call
Girl Who Recently Attempted to Take
Life and Who Has Met Many Ac.
. cidenta, Swallows Poison,
Then Summons Aid
Belle Carmen, who- has had more
accidents than any woman In Los An
geles since her advent here some
months ago, again broke into the spot
light this morning shortly after mid
night when she attempted to commit
suicide by swallowing strychnine In her
room at the Brennan, a rooming house
on South Main street. . <
Miss Carmen ' attempted to kill her
self last winter, and that time she was
nearly successful.
• In her , latest attempt it is thought
that ! she took the poison ■ about mid
night, ■ and It is known positively that
she did not take It before 10 o'clock
last/night for the reason that a re
porter was talking with her on. the
.telephone at that hour. She spoke of
an Interview which recently was printed
about her, and she seemed in excellent
spirits, - although she complained of
being ill. '
"Girl In Red" Her Sister
Miss Carmen spoke to the reporter of
the statements of an evening : paper
which, in printing the story of the
suicide of Nellie Dp Vaughn, asserted
that It was the "Girl In Red, who had
committed suicide. \ • i ■•
Miss Carmen stated that the "Girl in
Red", was her sister, who now Is In
St. Joseph,- Mo.
< Miss , Carmen said she regretted ■ the
action of the "evening l paper in publish
ing the story, that her sister had com^
mltted Buicide when such was not the
case.'/' ■' . ' ■'. "■■ ' ''. •
, .'.lt must have been shortly after she
i^.le/t,. the, telephone; that, she., took; the
poison. Immediately after « she swal
. lowed the strychnine she . pushed the
button in her room, which, rang a bell
in the hotel office.-. , ,: , ' ' .
•''. Is Found' Unconscious /*",.,
The clerk of the rooming house went
to the room to see what was ' wanted
and he found her unconscious. She was
: taken to the police station, . and after
the police surgeon had worked over her
for about: half- an hour she, was re
stored to consciousness. ■ ''■:'■
■:,•'.' Miss Carmen declined to make any
statement' why she tried to kill her
self, and the accepted theory Is that 111
health and discouragement had driven
her to take the poison. . ■ '"
: The woman had been ill for the last
: three weeks and had been attended by
Dr.' Finley. For nearly ten years she
„ had been . a snake charmer * and many
times she has been bitten by poisonous
reptiles. The poison injected Into her
blood • by the snake bites c.-adually
weakened her heart, which effected her
mental condition and depressed her.
Continuous Round of 'Trouble jj ■
Among the accidents which Miss Car
j men has had during the few month's
that she has been in Los Angeles are
the following: Whin Mihs Carmen
had a snake charming and contortion
r.ct at the Chutes she was' choked
aiinost to death by a large python. v
As she lay unconscious on the floor
of the cage In which the reptiles were
confli fed she was struck,' on the neck
,-ly-O; copperhead. From the double
effect of .the two accidents she was 111
for several weeks. : . • ••..-..,
' Later she broke a muscle In her leg
while performing her contortion act. A
:., few days after that the woman received
a letter from her home In New Orleans
stating that her mother was dead. | She
then attempted suicide by cutting her
throat, but was prevented from con
summating the act. ', A week later she
was riding with a party of ' friends
near Kastlake park when j the animal
■ which she was riding stumbled and she
' was j thrown to the ground, j She waj»
severely bruised by the fall. „',;,
, ;. Suffers Another Fail
VAV A few days later, when she was
living on Seventh street she tripped on
a mat at the top of a flight of stairs
and fell the entire distance to the bot
tom. ' •
In attempting . to , kill herself this
morning Miss Carmen only, carried out
a threat, made to a reporter'some weeks
ago, shortly after she tried to cut her
throat. At that time she said that It
was very probable that she would kill
herself some time. ■ .
B Before she was taken ill the last time
the woman worked In a 10-cent show on
Spring street. This was very ex
hausting and It possibly was the in
direct cause of her Illness. ,
': Mfss Carmen's action In ringing for
help after taking the poison Is believed
to prove that after she took the
strychnine she repented, but before the
clerk could arrive she became uncon
scious. ■ . ; s '
KILLS AT FATHER'S 'COMMAND
Maryland Boy Shoots Neighbor's Son
When Parent Tells Him
llvjAefioclated Preas
FREDERICK, Md.. Aug. ».— At the
command of his father, Fred Debold,
17. years of ago, shot and killed Qeorge
Smith, son of their neighbor, near here
last evening. . ■ .
There had been bad feeling between
the two families and yesterday they
quarreled over blackberries that the'
Smiths had picked 'on Debold'g land.
"Shoot him," said 'Debold to his son,
pointing •at the younger < Smith. The
boy fired a load from a shotgun, which
struck. Smith overt the heart, killing
him Instantly. Both Debolds were ar
rested, v ■ . . . • . . . , . .
Los Angeles Herald.
PRICE: V M W*tt tM \ 65 CENTS
KANSAS CITY GETS
GAS FOR 25 CENTS
3y jtusoelated Press.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. ».— Kansas
City won its long fight for cheap gas
when Mayor Beardsley today promised
to sign the so-called Fleming-Wilson
natural gas ordinance, granting a
franchise to a syndicate of Chicago
capitalists and passed by the city coun
cil lest night.
The franchise Is to run for thirty
years, and It provides that ap long as
the supply of natural gas In reasonably
accessible) It Is to be furnished at 26
cents 1000 cubic feet for domestic con
sumption and at 10 cents for I mnufac
turlng purposes.
If the natural gas supply falls then
an artificial gas Is to be furnished at
75 cents 1000 cubic feet. The city may
purchase the gas works at any time,
providing- the grantees receive their
profits for ten years.
The Kansas City, Mo., eras company
now holds a franchise to furnish gas at
$1.10 per 1000 feet.
WILL INVESTIGATE
BIG LAND FRAUDS
TWO CALIFORNIA COUNTIES TO
BE VISITED !
As 750,000 Acres Are Said to Be In.
volved, the Result of Inquiry
Will Affect Many Mln.
eral Claims
Rv «««-fvlntp<! Presn
SAN FRANCISCp. Ausr. 9.—Repre
sentatives of the secretary of the In
terior and attorney general of the
United States, of the chief and gen
eral land department at Washington
and of the geographical survey will
prosecute (an j Investigation In' Plumas
and Butte counties to determine to
what ■ extent frauds' have been com
mitted In the. acquisition 'of mineral
lands in. placer entries in the coun
ties mentioned, ■ ■ ' .
There, has been a demand for an In
vestigation t ever since 1902. '; ' ;'.
- State Mineralogist Aubury. has , been
Jnform e& K that the.. federal : ( government
ha* • flnallyAresolved.. to | learn j all the
facts arid 'to '"proceed- 1 without 'delay.
'He ' was ; informed yesterday that a
party ;of experts was ■ about to start
for'-' California and would' arrive about
September Ito begin work. , :
Three-quarters of a million acres of
land are the subject of the Inquiry.
The . conduct of hundreds of men In
Plumas and Butte counties who helped
Yard and Walker and the others to get
such vast tracts of land will ' be
brought into review. . -
Every tract of land entered by par
ties will •be visited by men from dif
ferent departments of the government.
Geologists will decide what lands are
mineralized and the general extent of
such •- mineralization, to determine
whether the entries as placers are jus
tified. r
Miners will report s whether the
proper assessment work has been done
to justify the holding of mineral lands
on placer locations, and a representa
tive of the attorney general's; office
will look Into the legal phases of the
transactions under question.,
RECOGNIZES WOMAN
AT HER FUNERAL
By Associated Press.
FORT WORTH. ,Tex., Aug. 9.— lt
developed today that Mrs. B. A. Cr.en
shaw, who committed suicide here
Tuesday afternoon by . taking strych
nine, , was Nellie De -Vaughn, a well
known aeronaut and circus performer.
At her funeral here today the woman
was recognized by a newspaper repre
sentative and her husband being.ques
tioned admitted her Identity.
Mrs. Crenshaw was the first woman
to sail successfully in a modern airship.
This she did on September 25, 1905, in
Los Angeles. , On . her maden voyage
she ascended to the height of 2000 feet.
On a second ascent she went even
higher. '
. She also i traveled with several cir
cuses and musical comedy , organiza
tions. At the time of her death she
was 19 years old. There is no known
cause for the suicide.
HEDUCES SALARIES
OF SCHOOL MA'AMS
By- Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 9.— The
board of education cut the salaries of
all high school teachers and principals
today. ■■;•'..■
Principals have been cut to $200 from
$250 per month, and heads of depart
ments from $150 to $125, per month.
. The cut is said to have been made
necessary iby the reduced . appropri
ation. The board will not touch the
salaries of teachers and principals of
the grammar ' schools..
MACARTUDR GOES
-TO VANCOUVER
By Asscchual Press.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 9.-orders were
Issued by the war department today
assigning MaJ. (Jen. Arthur Mac Arthur,
la addition >to his present duties, to
assume temporary command of the de
partment of the Columbia, with head
quarters- at Vancouver .barracks.
Wash.,, ; relieving MaJ. V den. W. A.
Greely from 'temporary command of
thut depurtment.'.' ' •WK^KPtit^^FrJmX,
< Jen. Oreely has been assigned to the
command of the northern division, with
l-mnrliiuarter* ut St. L.OUI&. '„ • •'•
FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10, 1906.
GIRL ASKS
POLICE AID
PearsSweetheartWill
Kill Her
Requests He Be Placed
Under Bond -
Pretty Employe of Candy Factory
Seeks Protection From Man She
Says Has Threatened Her
With Death
Claiming that her former sweetheart
had threatened to kill her If she did
not marry him, Miss Elizabeth Sherer,
a pretty young woman employed at
Bishop & Co.'s candy factory, sought
police protection late yesterday after
noon and asked that Al Nemlty, whom
she once promised to marry, be re
strained from doing her bodily harm.
Miss Sherer is about 21 years old and
she rooms with Miss Smith at 787 East
Twelfth street.
She was formerly engaged to marry
Nemity, who lives in Reno, Nev., but
some time ago she tired of his atten
tions, she said, and asked him to desist
from calling upon her.
According to her friends this had an
opposite effect, and he called again and
again at the house, only to be repulsed.
Threats to Kill, Is Claim
It is said Nemity called Wednesday
night and flourished a pistol, saying he,
would kill her If she did not, marry him
at ohoe. ' . • ' ,
"I will give you until Saturday to
make up your mind. Lizzie," Nemity is
reported to have said. V V' .
• "If you don't accede my desires you
will not live many days," continued the
frantic lover. ■
. Other women In the house said they
endeavored to soothe the excited man,
from whom, they said, they feared
bodily harm. ■ " ■
The " landlady finally induced him to
leave the . house, . but he told her he
would return again.
! Fearing that Nemity would put into
execution . his oft-repeated alleged
threats the police were asked to inter
fere, and an officer was sent to the
house early In the evening. ;.■■."*.;■
Wants Him' Restrained ■"
j Today Mlsa Sherer v will ' seek City
Prosecutor Beebe and ask that her too
ardent lover be - put under bonds to
keep the peace. . -, . ' '.'
■ I Miss Sherer does not live with her
parents, who are reported to have been
much displeased over her choice of a.
future husband. * She | left home and
obtained employment at the candy fac
tory and roomed at 737 East Twelfth
street. »
: She told her girl friends she once
loved Alfred, but finally had' come to
dislike him and wished to break the
engagement. He has been urging her
to marry hfm, and more than once he
threatened to do her some injury if
she refused, she informed her con
fidants, but this did - not shake her
resolution.
11l from anxiety and trembling at
every step, Miss Sherer was a nervous
wrecjk ' last night, in fear that her
former fiance would commit some ter
rible act. ■
REFUSE TO PAY
AUTOMOBILE TAX
By Associated Press.
| BERLIN, Aug. 9. — The Confection
aire, the most important dry goods
newspaper here, complains that the
new automobile tax seriously affects
warehouses . and hotels near the Ger
man-French frontier, ■ as foreigners In
order to express their dissatisfaction
with the tax and avoid its payment,
will not, bring the automobiles into
Germany." • , .
: The tax amounts to $3.75 for a so
journ up to five days ■ and $10 for a
thirty-day stay in Germany.
NEBRASKANS TO
WELCOME BRYAN
By Associated Press.
; NEW YORK, Aug. 9.— At a meeting
of the executive committee of the Wil
liam J. Bryan reception committee to
day the following additional members
were elected:
I Col. A. C. Dlnkwater of Massachu
setts, lex^Governor Benton McMillan
of Tennessee, State Senator Thomas F.
Grady of New York, Arthur Ducey and
Jacob Ruppert. Thomas F. Smith was
chosen recording secretary to serve at
the reception at Madison Square gar
den. Judge Feltner reported that an
effort would be made to seat all state
delegations as far as possible.
George W. Sweeney, chairman of the
committee on hotel arrangements, re
ported that from what he had learned
at least 600 people will oome from Ne
braska to welcome Mr. Bryan on his
return to America. < .
Lot Angeles Man Killed
By Associated Press.
'i SAN DIEGO, Aug. 9.— J, H. Andrews
"mot death In a > peculiar manner at
Gnclnitas today. He was sitting in the
doorway of a grain car when the door,
which had I been ' drawn up ■In some
way got free of its fastenings and fell
upon him, killing him. He leaves a
widow and three children in Los An
geles. ' ; . .
Newspaper Artists Barred
Ul AneciilHlmi Press.
LONDON, Aug. 9.— The president of
the divorce court today announces that
the court , had decided that hereafter
newspaper artists shall not be allowed
to make sketches) In court, > since 'the
practice was embarrassing and preju
diced witnesses and because It was. not
in the* public* lnterest to plctorially
draw attention to divorce cases.
NEGRO LYNCHERS
MAY BE LIBERATED
By Associated Press.
KAMsnmit, jv. c. Anac. n—
White ilirrc nre no *l«lble »l«n« of
♦ rouhle (hrre are nrrftUttnt
rntnOTM Of the nrunnlrnflnn of a
mtrotttc pnr(y to liberate from
Sallahnrr Jill tonlffht the Ij-nrhrrn
of the three nrcro mnrrterera of
the liyrrij fnmlly.
George llnll, . an ex-ronTtct,
KrancU Crm«, nml Ilnllni.nnah,
Oeorite Gentle, a well known
yonnK man of thin rtir, J. 11. Unml
ninn and John Cnnble nre In Jail
and nil will be tried on the charge
o( murder.
Feclln* run* high n«nln tonight
over the hurntnnr enrlr todar of
the linrn nnrt two horara on the
farm of laaao liyorly, who, with
hla wife and tyro children, wan
murdered hy the lynched negroes.
The barn In believed to hnve
been burned by nea;roea, frlenda of
the men who were lynched. The
military Mill guarda the Jail and
court bonne and acntllno; Kiinrt will
be fired on a mob ahonld It at
tempt to enter the jail premUea.
GAS MAY CLAIM
THREE VICTIMS
MOTHER PLANS MURDER AND
SUICIDE
Alameda Woman and Two Sons Found
Unconscious— One Child Is
Dead and the Other
Dying ■
By Associated Press.
ALAMEDA, Aug. 9.— Kels Hersey,
the 3-year-old son of Mrs. W. D. Her
sey,' is dead; Bert, aged 6, and the
mother are dying. " . ■ ' • V
• They were all . found last night in
their home at 2204 Buena Vista avenue
with gas streaming from an open jet.
It Is believed by neighbors that, Mrs.
Hersey turned on the gas.
No one can be found who saw- Mrs.
Hersey or her children walking . about
the yard of their residence yesterday,
as was their custom. . ' '. . ' >,
, The neighbors think that Mrs. Hersey
carried her children, as Ehe frequently,
did. Into her own room and 'placed them
"In.fter'bed:'-lßhe.thert'turned on the two
Jets of gas, It is -believed. :
■ 'The children were still In their night
clothes when Mr."'- Hersey came home
from his work late at night and found
the house filled with gas and his -wife
and- children unconscious. ■: ■'■■; ■>'■
; Although physicians have worked in
cessantly since last night over the vic
tims of the gas the two remaining sur
vivors are in a precarious condition.
The, following is a letter left by the
dying ' woman 'which the husband at
first refused to show: - >•
"Dearest , Walter — Goodby. . I have
ruined your life and It is no use. I just
can't live: My poor boys, my heart
aches for you all but I can't help it. I
am crazy, I think. I . know I wIU
be. ; Helen."
The father believes that his wife did
not intend that her children should
share her fate, as he thinks they prob
ably came into the 'room and -were
overcome after . the gas had been
turned on. ' ,
WILL NOT DISMISS
CHARGE OF MDRDER
By Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 9.— Superior
Judge Lawler, sitting as a magistrate,
today refused to dismiss the charge of
murder against Ernest B. Denlcke.
The defendant's attorneys at. once
gave notice of their Intention to take
the ruse to the supreme court.
It Is probable that Governor Pardee
and Mayor Schmttz will' be called as
witnesses. Denlcke shot an unknown
man who had taken a gun from a
marine near east and Lombard streets
on the afternoon of .April 20, and ' he
has already been Justified by the police
court and by the grand Jury.
• The present proceeding before Judge
Lawler Is to determine whether or not
he is to be finally held for trial.
FLOODS THREATEN
KAILW AY PROPERTY
By Associated Press.
McALESTER. I. T., Aug. 9.— Coal
mines Nos. 9 and 10 at Coalgate, owned
by the Missouri, Kansas & Texas rail
way, were flooded last night by a creek
backing up, I the result of. the recent
heavy rain. ,
Property valued at $2,000,000 Is badly
damaged and 600 men are out of em
ployment' ,
Would Repay Losses
By Associated Press
MOSCOW, Aug. 9.— The governor of
Moscow has asked the minister of the
Interior for a credit of $500,000 for the
remuneration of property holders who
suffered losses in the revolt of last De
cember. Among the sufferers are sev
eral Americans. ,
TAIIMS OB" TKMPIJIIATUIUSS
City. Max. Mlii.
l.im Amceleß .......... HI * 60
Javkanuvllle 03 78
New Orleuna 03 .78
Spokane 02 60
Halt Lake l>o «ia
Atlanta mh 7-1
l.lttle Hock 88 74'
(iuiluimtl 84 74
M. LouU ............. 84 70
Denver HZ 02
New York ............ Xl , 70
(tiiiHhu . . . HS 86 '
I'lttabiiraT M> 70
M, I'aul .". 76 «s
llonluu 70 ii-J
Shu liw.i'l.™ ........ «a f.a
Yuiua ..........' lO-i 1H
SILVER IS
REVIVED
Uncle Sam Again in
the Market
Bullion Needed at Three
U.S. Mints
For the First Time Since November
1, 1893, Government Becomes
Purchaser of White
' Metal
By Associated PTess.
•WASHINGTON, Aug. , 9.-For the
first time in thirteen years the govern
ment announced today its purpose to
purchase silver for coining purposes'. '.
Tenders are invited at the office of
the director . of the mint In this city
on Wednesday, the 15th Inst. up . to 1
o'clock p. m., and every Wednesday
thereafter until further notice.
These tenders are ( to be for deliv
ery at the Philadelphia, New. Orleans
or Denver mints, settlement to be on
the New York basis of bullion guaran
teed 999 fine.
. The treasury . reserves the right to
reject all tenders or accept such part
of. any tenders as may suit its con
venience. .It is Understood that, an
ticipating that its reappearance, as a
purchaser might temporarily, disturb
the market unduly, the treasury has
obtained, control of considerable
amounts for i future Cellvery, so that
it Is In a position to drop out of the
market - for several months If desira
ble. ; -„.-; t •■ ■ ■ ■ : ■
The average requirements oly the
treasury, throughout the year will
probably not exceed 100,000 ounces per
week, and it ' will ibe the policy of the
department, while keeping a reason
able amount on hand, to so distribute
Its purchases throughout the year that
its demand wiU be : uniform • and ' not
an element of uncertainty in. the'mar
ket. ■ :■ ' ' .;■■.■•::■■.■
■ Why Government Will Buy
.From the resumption of specie.pay
ments In 1879 down to the year 1900 the
constant increase in the stock. of sub
sidiary coin . required by '■ the, . growing
population and trade of the g country
was . supplied by the recolnage ! of old
and uhcurrent subsidiary coins 1 which
accumulated in the treasury under, the
reJiurncJlQH'act. ''■■'■■': :'. .;'"'■ ' '■". „'"■■„
1 : In 19007* a«" this' stock -war —running
low, authority was granted 'in the
monetary act of Match, 14 to the sec
retary of the treasury to divert ' bullion
purchased . under the act of "July , 14,
1890, in the coinage of silver dollars
to the coinage of subsidiary' pieces,
Under Hhis authority about $33,000,000)
has been coined since 1900. , - r „-.'
The stock of bullion in the' treasury
was exhausted more than I a year ' ago,
and since then no bullion has been
available for the susldlary use; ;■'.. ' i
Stock In Treasury Is Low
The Stock in the treasury had be
come so low that It was apparent, ac
cording to ' the department, i that the
demands •of a constantly enlarging
trade could not be met without addi
tional coinage. The secretary of the
treasury was In doubt whether exist
ing statutes authorized him to buy
bullion for this purpose, and moveover
was of the opinion . that it would be
a better policy to meet future demands
for. subsidiary coin by. the recolnage
of silver dollars in the treasury and
so recommended to congress.
Congress, however, failed tOj.act upon
his recommendation. Secretary Shaw
requested an opinion from the attorney
general as to ■ authority to purchase
bullion for this purpose under exist
ing laws, and he received a favorable
reply based on section 4526 of the re
vised statutes. The policy now an
nounced was accordingly determined
upon.
• The United States government has
been In the past an Important factor
In the sliver market. In preparing for
the resumption of specie payments and
the redemption of the fractional paper
currency Issued during and since the
Civil War it began In January, 1875,
a series of purchases ending February,
1878, which aggregated 31,603,905 fine
ounces, costing: $37,571,148 in gold, or
an average of $11,188 per ounce.
The next appearance of the govern
ment In the sliver market was under
the Bland-Allison act of February 18,
1878. :The purchase under this act was
made at $1.21-5-16 per fine ounce and
the total expenditure for bullion under
this act was $308,279,260. The total
amount of bullion . required was
291,271,081 fine ounces, or an average of
the whole of $1,058.
. The Bland-Allison act was succeed
ed by what is popularly known as the
Sherman act, approved July 14, 1890,
which enlarged the purchases of the
government to four and one-half mil
lion ounces per month. .. ; .
The total purchases under this act
amounted to 168,674,682 fine ounces,
costing $153,931,602, or an average of
$1,924 per ounce.
The last purchase under the act of
1890, made on October 30. 1893. was at
72 cents per ounce. From that date
until the present the government has
been out of the market for the pur
chase of silver except as the agents of
the Philippine government In the pur
chase of ii little over thirteen and a
half million ounces. ' coxting $7,376,955,
or an average of 54Vi cents.
The lowest " price for sliver was
touched on December 8, 1902, when the
price on the London market was equiv?
alent to 47.8 per fine ounce. The ave
rage for last year on the London mar
ket was 61 cents per ounce and for the
month of. July. last 66 cents per ounce.
DEATH
PROMPTS SUICIDE
By Ansorlated Press.
. SPKINOFIKLD, 111.. Aug. ».— While
bringing the body of his mother, Mrs.
Mary Itiley,' here for burial . from
IVorlu, where she died, George Rlley
stepped out on the train platform and
droppnd to the rails between the bag
gage and smoking cars. V
He wan ground to death. , Despon
dency, and' grief over the death of, hla
mother caused Hllsy to commit the act.
PRICE: SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS
OCTOPUS APPEALS
TO THE PRESIDENT
By .AMoclnted Press.
OYSTER BAT, t,. 1., Aug. 9.—Presl
dent noosevelt was appealed to by the
Standard Oil company regarding Its
controversy with the department of the
Interior over oil line leases In the In
dian Territory.
Former Senator James K. Jones of
Arkansas, representing the company In
a legal capacity, and Mr. Barnesdale
of Plttsburg, representing the company
directly, were callers at Sagamore Hill
today.
They arrived on . the morning train,
and after spending several hours with
the. president, returned to New York
In nn automobile Both declined to
dlscuns the object of their visit.
Mr. Jones said the call related purely
to a matter of business and .he re
fused to say what results were
achieved. . ■ < '.' . . -
The oil lease controversy In the In
dian Territory has been, a matter of
lively contention before the depart
ment of the interior for some time, and
the status of these leases was made
the subject of protracted consideration
by congress in the recent statehood
legislation. -
HARRIMAN TICKET
CARRIES THE DAY
WELLS-FARGO DIRECTORS ARE
AGAIN CHOSEN
Stokes Faction Falls to Elect a Single
Nominee or Secure the Pas
sage of a Desired
' ; Resolution
By Associated Press.
' NEW YORK, Aug. 9.— At the annual
meeting of : the stockholders -of • Wells-
Fargo Express j company in this f city
today the ticket of thirteen | directors
headed by E. H. Harriman I and ; com
posed of the members . of the ' present
board was elected over a ticket named
by counsel f or . Walter C. . Stokes, who
has been leading an "opposition" move
ment among the stockholders. „ ■
Although . the voting began i early in
the day, the result, was 'not announced
till i late this ■ afternoon, :, the listing ' of
proxies, - etc., .' being carried' on under
the closest scrutiny.;.,/. :"■'■■ , V '.;'. ;
' The full vote of the Harrlman ticket
was 47,568 to 26,216 for the .stocks' rep
resentatives. Not only , t did ', the : Har
■ rirnan - administration-*' elect • their dl
i rectors but they also; succeeded in de
feating every proposition advanced by
the opposition party. ■'...':• ..■.,'.,: .;
After the final votes'on .the election
of : trustees had ' been ! announced the
votes .- on- several '.- resolutions . . offered
I by Samuel Untermyer, counsel for Mr.
I Stokes, 'to Increase the dividend rate by
declaring an extra dividend of 7 , per
cent to the dividend rate of 9 per cent
already declared this • year was lost,
as well as : the resolution ■ offered .In
favor of declaring annually hereafter a
dividend on the basis . of 16 per cent.
Resolution Lost ; , '
A resolution calling for ' the appoint
ment of a committee to investigate the
affairs 1 of . the company also was lost.
A resolution offered by William Nelson
Cromwell, counsel for the Harrlman
party, which in substance called for
the appointment of a committee to ex
amine the affairs of the company with
regard to its loans, etc.,' was adopted.
Mr. Cromwell's resolution, offered In
behalf of the administration, ■ which
recommended that the matter of print-
Ing the contents of the annual report
be left to the discretion ' of the board
of directors was ' adopted. . This was
one of the matters which caused much
discussion at the meeting, the minority
stockholders demanding that all the
report be printed. ' >
A resolution' was carried, offered by
Mr. Cromwell, which : recommended
that the entire question of increasing
the dividend rate be left to the board
of directors for action. After the meet-
Ing adjourned Mr. Stokes sent a letter
to President Evans of the company in
which he said in part: •
"Although we have been unable to
select our ticket and cannot therefore
control any action of the new board,
we still insist that the views of such
a large number' of the . stockholders
should not be entirely , ignored. . .
"They one and all demand. that you
put the stock on a . 16 . per, cent basis
and that hereafter the very large sur
plus that you now hold may be only
moderately increased, thus Insuring to
the present generation . a more liberal
Increase in their income from this in
vestment. ■;: -
"If- this practice Is persisted In we
believe the courts will rectify it and
give the stockholders the desired re
lief."
THAW KICKS AT
PKISON SERVICE
By Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Aug. 9.— Because he
was not furnished a knlf e . and fork
with a meal sent to Harry K. Thaw
today he quarreled with the prison
caterer who has been ! furnishing him
food. : ■
Thaw's breakfast' today consisted of
plain prison fare. He ordered his lunch
eon from a near-by hotel. .
The caterer said that Thaw Insisted
upon. having a knife and fork, though
knowing that It was against the prison
rules to furnish them to • prisoners
charged with capital offenses..
. He said that Thaw complained so
often to him that he determined to
serve him no longer.
It Ib said that when Thaw was tlrst
placed In .the Tombs < Warden Flynn
suggested that he order such food as
could > be easily eaten without the use
of a knlf e and fork, as no ' exception
would be made in hla case,.,
Promise a "Peaceable" •' Strike
By AFRoolnteii Press.
i MEXJCO CITY. Aug. ».— President
Diax has received a committee repre
senting the Railway Mechanics' union
and officials of the i Grand League of
Mexican : Railroad Men. They gave
their assurances to, the president that
the strike would be peacefully con
ducted." '
MURDER
MYSTERY
DEEPENS
Coroner and Officers
at Sea in Temescal
Canyon Case;
Victim May Have Come
on Coast Steamer M
or in an Auto
Homicide Verdict ■ Returned by 'Jury.
Police Unearth Case of Misting '
Los Angeles Woman Whose' ."
Description Tallies'
The coroner's jury: In. the Temescal
canyon mystery has - decided that the
young woman, found : dead' there 'on
Wednesday night was shot by a person
or persons unknown. . . ■ '.' '•' > ..
Officers who spent yesterday in trying
to unravel' the mysterious death
reached the conclusion at nightfall that
It was a case of suicide. j
They had few facts to bolster, up this
theory, however, as "no .weapon ;• was
found and the woman would have been
forced to shoot with her left hand if
she had: committed suicide. ■■ '
In neither case is the' uncertainty re
garding the Identity of. the, woman
cleared...;. .. . \ , :'.'■. ';. ;"', '..■ : : '-\ .'.■
■ Santa Monica and the bay cities were'
searched yesterday for. evidence of any,:. ,
missing .. tourists but ] .without ■; definite %
results/ \The; victim . ; was : y either. Ja/S;
stranger or used more names than her-,
onw. : . .'■■;,
The canyon concealed the corpse for.
weeks : if not '- months,'^ and j not i much
hope exists that the victim 'of, the'guri
shot ,wound will ever be* known. ',
> Yet a number of definite clews give
promise of yielding' some facts, slender,
though. the tips are.
Shoes -and Teeth -Clews
XTb.e) shoes bear, the number ..16626 in
the lining and the maker's name "Pin-,
gree.'.' finnes in Los "Angeles and f SaF?
geaxit In Pasadena : are said to ; be ; the'
Plngreej agents in Southern Calif ornla?;
; The right eye tooth of the" upper' Jaw
has ;been ■ filled with ; gold. 5 .: Two'' front
upper i teeth and two ■ lower ones' are
missing.,, Some j dentist's chart may re
veal:who had work of : this kind done.'
The' missing teeth Ymay' have 'been'
knocked out to conceal dental work. '.-,,,
; . These ■ are \ the most important clews
uncovered,', though one ; newspaper .1 re"-'
porter claims r to : have . picked up two
imitation tortoise shell sidecombs near
the place where. the body was found.
One comb was found Wednesday.. .7. „",'
The detectives are inclined to believe
that the shoes and teeth will prove the
most ■ Important factors in , eventually
determining ■ who the 'Victim was,
though the garments will aid materi
ally. ■ . h ;, ■•'■„' .■. . ■ •„. •■
Finding the Corpse
Coroner Trout held ■ an inquest yes
terday morning at • the , undertaking
parlors of A. M. Guidlnger, who . is
THE DAY'S NEWS
Southern California: FalrJFri
day; light west 'wind. Maximum
temperature In* Los Angeles yes.
terday, 81 degrees; minimum, 60
FORECAST
' I— -Tries to die, then repents. 'S
2— Cashier Herlng under arrest. ,'
4— Democrats hold their caucus.
7—^City , news.
B— Southern California news. - .
9— Valuable acres are declined.
10— Markets.
11— Classified advertisements.
12 — .Railroad news. ,
EASTERN
Uncle Sam again enter* the silver,
market, bullion being needed at the
United States mints. • . •■•-.■ .<,
Cashier Herlng of ■ the , Milwaukee
Avenue State bank arrested at Chicago.
Harrlman ticket carries the day rat
New York, all the former Wells-Fargo
directors being re-elected. . ,t*MfcMJ
COAST
Government officials to ' investigate
alleged land frauds In California. ... ,-'\
W I re Murderer Trebllcox pays death
penalty at San Quentin. ...
Alamedn woman attempts to take her
own life and the lives of her children.
; LOCAL Jsjggg^BH
Belle Carmen makes another attempt
to commit suicide. ■?;■♦» J^C*M»«SißW'*<96wlJ
'. Santa Monica canyon murder still re
mains mystery. '. •'■ .-■ *
Grocer* enjoy •; picnic at Playa . del
Rey. „-->«',B)M Mists ■ WSWIMtfIIUi Wrt'iyHp
„. Government contractors say work to
begin on new postoff Ice within ten days.
Gas ratu war opens In court.'
Hewer laborer smothers to death in
ditch, • .:•'■ #MMMr<HM<i
, JJnique services to be held, in honor
of pioneer padres, . WMTT)<TOnMflpWPWlsllli|
• Much' enthusiasm shown al Demo
cratto caucuses.
Work of . dredger stopped tn ' tragic
s ii in urn i '""lan 'IHjV<MH7Ihi(iWI
■• Deputy seeks millionaires to survo as
Btackpolo Jurors. •■• ■ -k2MMSbMMs> m >*blH||
; Parker . again firm - 1n ,;., Republican
saddle, i*«jmaoMwtF l 'lNMßiw%nk|f*lMMM
:• Homer Hamlin chosen city engineer.
I Park commissioners, reject offer oC
Boyle Heights tract. fpr publio park,
■••-■ Democratic county convention called
for Beptember 20. ,